HF Happenings 559

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by  Dennis Green ZS4BS

HF Happenings
South African Radio League * Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga
Member Society of the International Amateur Radio Union since 1925
www.sarl.org.za www.iaru.org www.iaru-r1.org
June
Issue: 559 May 2013

31 May to 2 June - Karoo Five Year Amateur Radio Licence
Cultural Festival, Prince
Alfred Hamlet, Ceres T he SARL is still receiving questions about the five year license issues
1 and 2 - IARU Region 1
with ICASA (we listen to the bulletin, but we do not hear what is being
CW Field Day; RSGB CW
Field Day said!). A detailed explanation was received from ICASA and included in
2 - Comrades Marathon SARL News two weeks ago. The ICASA statement is still available on
6 to 9 - Wacky Wine
www.sarl.org.za. If you paid for 5 years and have advised ICASA accordingly, the
Weekend, Robertson
7 to 9 - Dr. Livingstone’s problem will be sorted out even if you have received a license for only this year. This
Bicentenary Carnival and may take several more weeks. It is not necessary to call ICASA.
Festival, Livingstone, Zam-
The SARL has placed the matter on the Agenda of the next ICASA/SARL
bia
9 - ZS4 Sprint liaison meeting which is scheduled for mid-June.
13 to 16 - Royal MacNab,
Lady Grey ViewProp a terrific new mapping programme
15 - Radio Technology in
R ick, ZL2HAM, has created ViewProp, a terrific new mapping programme
Action, Durban
16 - Youth Day; Father’s that takes a stream of spots or Reverse Beacon Network reports and plots
Day them on any of a collection of maps from DX Atlas. http://
17 - Public Holiday; World
zl2ham.wikispaces.com/
QRP Day
20 to 24 - SARL Top Not only are the receiving stations
Band QSO Party displayed but the path between them, with
21 - Winter Solstice;
colour indicating the band and variable per-
Schools close
22 and 23 - ARRL Field sistence, among other interesting options.
Day
It is fascinating to see the different
25 to 27 - GAREC 2013,
bands opening and closing as the Earth ro-
Zürich
28 to 30 - Ham Radio tates. Both globe and flat map presenta-
2013, Friedrichshafen;
tions are available in this beta test version.
Kirkwood Wildlife Festi-
If you would like to help complete the test
val, Kirkwood
29 and 30 - Christmas in process before ViewProp 1.0 is released,
die winter, Tulbagh
check in on the software's website or join
27 June to 7 July - Na-
tional Arts Festival, Gra- the online discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/viewprop/
hamstown
What is happening next weekend?
28 June to 7 July - Oyster
Festival, Knysna
The IARU Region 1 CW Field Day - 1 and 2 June
29 June to 2 July - Dr.
Livingstone’s Bicentenary The RSGB CW Field Day - 1 and 2 June, www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2013/rnfd.shtml
Fishing Competition, Liv- ZS4 Sprint - 9 June, page 46 of the 2013 SARL Contest Manual
ingstone, Zambia
World QRP Day - 17 June
SARL Top Band QSO Party - 20 to 24 June, page 50 of the 2013
SARL Contest Manual
ARRL Field Day - 22 and 23 June, www.arrl.org/fieldday
Current Summits-on-the-Air (SOTA) activities are announced at
www.sotawatch.org
And more SOTA information can be found at www.sota.org.uk
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The ZS4 Sprint
T his is a fun activity to promote contacts between radio amateurs in the
Free State and radio amateurs in Southern African countries. The
Sprint is a phone and CW contest on the 40-metre band and is on the air
on Sunday 9 June from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC or 16:00 to 17:00 CAT
The exchange for ZS4 stations is a RS(T) report and town name or abbre-
viation. For all other stations it is a RS(T) report and provincial or country abbre-
viation.
Scoring - For ZS4: Contacts with stations in ZS4 are worth 1 point and con-
Have YOU done
tacts with stations in other ZS call areas or Southern African countries are worth
anything today
2 points. For other stations: Contacts with stations in ZS4 are worth 2 points and
to Promote
contacts with stations in own or other ZS call areas (excluding ZS4) or Southern
Amateur Radio? African countries are worth 1 point.
Contacts with the Bloemfontein ARC, ZS4BFN, Vrystaat Radioklub, ZS4B,
the Welkom Radio Club, ZS4WRC, or the Sasolburg ARC, ZS4SRK is worth 5 points
each, only one contact per station is allowed
Log sheets shall be submitted by 17 June by e-mail to
[email protected] with a copy to [email protected]. A certificate will be
awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the competition.
South African Islands-on-the-Air, part the second
Visit www.qsl.net/
T he third IOTA Group is AF-064 Western Cape Province South West
zs1ron/Elephant Rock
group (33º 00 – 34º 55 S 17º 52 – 20º 00 E) and includes Jutten Island -
to read more about
S33 04 58,1 E17 57 15,2; Vondeling Island - S33 09 09,6 E17 58 57,4;
the ZS31ER DXpedi-
Dassen island - S33 25 29,5 E18 05 15,4; Robben island - S33 48 19,0
tion
E18 22 10,5; Seal island in False Bay - S34 08 11,9 E18 34 55,8 and Dyer island -
S34 40 52,5 E19 25 07,6 but excludes Duiker and Penguin islands. I only find ama-
teur radio operations on two of the islands in this group.

Jutten Island
Part of the West Coast National Park, Jutten Island is situated at the
southern entrance to Saldanha Bay, 800 m from Jut Point. The island covers 46 ha
and is fairly flat except for two small hills. The highest point is 60 m above sea
level, the highest for any of the West Coast islands. Numerous large boulders are
scattered everywhere, while the smaller ones have been packed into walls to facili-
tate historical guano harvesting. Vegetation is sparse.
Jutten Island supports substantial proportions of the global populations of
the African Black Oystercatcher, Kelp Gull and Swift Tern. Other seabirds breed-
ing on this island include Crowned, Cape and Bank Cormorants, as well as Hartlaub’s
Gulls. A few Leach’s Storm Petrels nest in the dry stone walls. Just over 1% of the
Photo - Marienne de global African Penguin population nest on Jutten Island.
Villiers

Vondeling island
Vondeling island (21 ha) is low-lying and rocky, with few beaches. It is in the
Atlantic ocean, about 1 km off shore from the West Coast National Park. Boulders
are scattered around the coast and a wall runs around the perimeter of the island,
with ramps for penguins to access the interior. European Rabbits became extinct at
the island in 1992. The island was last occupied in 1962, and penguins and other
birds now use the buildings.
The island often supports a large breeding population of Cape Cormorants,
and small numbers of Kelp Gulls, Swift Terns, Bank and Crowned Cormorants. It is
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also the breeding site for over 4% of the global African Black Oyster-
catcher population, and over 1% of the global African Penguin population.

Dassen Island
Text and photographs by Les Underhill
Dassen Island lies 9 km off the coast, almost directly opposite the
village of Yzerfontein. It is 55 km north of Cape Town, about halfway be-
tween Table Bay and Saldanha Bay. With an area of 273 ha, it is the second
largest of the offshore islands. It is generally flat and sandy, apart from
patches of exposed bedrock, and some areas strewn with huge granite boul-
Photo - Marienne de
ders. Villiers
At the start of the 20th
century, Dassen Island was home
to well over a million African Pen-
guins. At this time, about 600 000-
penguin eggs were harvested each
year. This rate of utilisation was
not sustainable. As the population
size declined, the number of eggs
decreased steadily, and egg har-
vests from Dassen Island finally
ended in 1967.
Another problem for the
penguins on Dassen Island are do-
mestic cats that have become fe-
ral. Cats are estimated to have Dassen Island from the east. The lighthouse is on the left hand side. Boom
killed about 2 000 penguin chicks in Point, where the pelicans breed, is in the right background. © L.G. Underhill,
1983. At this time, the penguin 2000
population was probably about 7 000 – 8 000 pairs. The cat popula-
tion has been greatly decreased; by 2000 there were very few left.
It has proved extremely difficult to eradicate these last animals.
Unless this is done, the cat population, and the predation on sea-
birds, will increase again. Over the past few years, with reduced cat
numbers, the number of breeding penguins has increased. The nest
count on Dassen Island in May 2000, a month before the bulk-ore
carrier Treasure sank, was 15 000; this made this penguin colony top
of the league table in size.
Egg harvesting and cats were threats that were especially
prevalent on Dassen Island. These birds were also impacted by most
African Penguins
of the other factors affecting penguins throughout the range: reduced availability
Spheniscus demersus on
of food through over-fishing, destruction of breeding habitat by the collection of the shore of Dassen Is-
guano during the 19th century and oil pollution. A tiny oil slick that came ashore at land. Photo L.G. Underhill
one of the main penguin landing beaches on Dassen Island in 1972 oiled about 4 000
penguins. This was the largest number of African Penguins oiled in one incident be-
tween 1968, when SANCCOB started, and 1994, when the Apollo Sea sank off Das-
sen Island; in this event, 10 000 birds were oiled, of which about half came from
Dassen Island.
White Pelicans have bred on Dassen Island since 1956. In contrast to popu-
lation trends for most large birds, the size of the pelican population here has in-
creased steadily, and currently about 700 pairs breed, mostly on Boom Point in the
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northwest on the island. They fly to the mainland to feed. However,
in the past few years, they have taken to eating the chicks of Kelp
Gulls, Cape Cormorants and Swift Terns.
Dassen Island is one of three South African offshore islands
where Leach's Storm Petrel is known to breed. Until 1995, this spe-
cies was regarded exclusively as a non-breeding migrant from the
northern hemisphere. In this year, it was found breeding on Dyer
Island. The following year it was demonstrated to be breeding on
Dassen Island too. However, Leach's Storm Petrel has probably bred
Part of the White Pelican on these islands for many years; for example, one was mistnetted
Pelecanus onocrotalus near the centre of Dassen Island in December 1971.
colony at Boom Point on Dassen Island has vast numbers of European Rabbits, introduced by early
Dassen Island. In the cen- seafarers as a precaution against being shipwrecked. There is also an impressive
tre, a brownish chick,
population of Angulate Tortoises.
partly obscured by an
Dassen Island is a reserve of the Western Cape Nature Conservation
adult, is being fed. Photo
Board. Because of the sensitivity of the island to disturbance, and a variety of lo-
L.G. Underhill
gistic problems such as a lack of freshwater, and the difficulties of landing
on the island when the sea is rough, there are no visitor facilities. However,
the possibility of opening the island to ecotourism, at least on small-scale
experimental basis, is currently being explored.
Phil Whittington and Anton Wolfaardt have written a description of
the avifauna of Dassen Island. It was published in the December 1999 issue
of the ADU journal Bird Numbers http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/
bn8_2_04.htm

An adult Leach's Storm
Dassen Island on the web
Petrel Oceanodroma leu-
Susie Moloney worked on the island as a volunteer in January 2001. Read
corhoa, mist netted for
her account of her experiences
ringing on Dassen Island.
http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/dass_02.htm
Photo L.G. Underhill
A joint MCM/ADU had a pelican ringing expedition to Dassen Island in
January 2002 http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/travel/0202dassen.htm
One of the islands visited by Marienne de Villiers, Janine le Roux and Mi-
chelle de Villiers in February 2002 was Dassen Island. They describe their visit as
A trip in time http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/travel/island-trip1.htm.

Amateur Radio on Dassen Island
I found three references to amateur radio operation from Dassen Island,
IOTA AF-064. From 15 to 19 December 1992, ZS1DAS was active from the island
and many Cape Town Branch members were involved - Barry, ZS1FJ, Bud, ZS1B,
etc.
Then in August 2006, Andrew, ZS1AN, was active as ZS1AN/p for the In-
ternational Lighthouse and Lightship weekend.
I found a reference to ZS1WRC planning to activate Dassen Island, but
Dassen Island Lighthouse
cannot find any confirmation on the RSGB IOTA site.

Robben Island
Les Underhill
Jan van Riebeeck was sent to Cape Town by the Dutch East India Company
to establish a replenishment station for ships travelling to the East. He arrived on
6 April 1652. He paid his first visit to Robben Island five months later, in Septem-
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ber. His diary records that he re-
turned to the mainland with a good
haul of seabird eggs, some penguins
and some seals. This was the start
of a long process of exploitation, and
the beginning of a long history of
human impact on Robben Island.
Robben Island is the largest
of the islands along the coastline of
South Africa. It is 507 ha in area,
roughly oval-shaped, and about 2 km
in length from north to south. The
island is fairly flat, with a few low
sandy ridges. The bedrock is a blue
slate, eminently suitable for con-
struction. Rock quarried on Robben
Island was used by the newly-arrived Dutch set-
tlers to build the castle in Cape Town in the
1660s. The Robben Island lighthouse was built in
1863 on the highest point of the island, called
Minto Hill, which is about 30 m above sea level.
Robben Island's proximity to Cape Town
had the inevitable result of it becoming the least
natural of all the islands along the South African
coastline. For three and a half centuries, it has
been used for many purposes. First, the seals and
seabirds were exploited. Subsequently it has
Photo L.G. Underhill
been used for agriculture, for quarrying slate and lime, as a military base to defend
Robben Island, with Ta-
the approaches to the port of Cape Town, as a place of isolation for lepers and the
ble Mountain in the back-
mentally disadvantaged, and then as a notorious prison. It is now the Robben Island
ground.
Museum. Robben Island acquired the status of World Heritage Site in 1999. In
spite of all the modifications, the island remains a choice destination for ecotour-
ists.
The original colony of African Penguins on Robben Island was exterminated
by about 1800. From then until 1968, when SANCCOB was started, penguins would
only have occurred on the island as occasional vagrants. Robben Island was the
place where SANCCOB released most oiled penguins after they had been cleaned.
They left the island almost immediately, and headed back to their own colonies. One
penguin, which had been oiled in 1979 on St Croix Island and brought to SANCCOB
for cleaning, was released here and covered the 900 km back to its island in 11
days.
In 1983, penguins recolonised Robben Island. The colony has grown rapidly,
and there are now about 13 000 penguins which moult on the island – this means
that they regard Robben Island as "home.” In May 2000, just before the Treasure
oil spill, there were 5 500 pairs of penguins on the island, making this the third
largest colony for the species. Only the colonies at Dassen Island and St Croix Is-
land were larger.
Apart from the mainland colonies at the Boulders and Stony Point (Bettys
Bay), Robben Island provides the most accessible place for people wanting to see
the penguins. It is also the best of the three colonies to give an impression of see-
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ing penguins in their natural breeding environment (the two mainland colonies are
not in typical penguin habitat). The ferry service to the Robben Island Museum
runs almost hourly, especially in summer; there is enough time within the standard
three-and-a-half hour museum tour to give the visitor an opportunity to see the
penguins.
Just north of the harbour where the ferry arrives is an excellent hide,
which overlooks the main penguin, landing shore. There is also a raised boardwalk
from which visitors can almost always see penguins on their nests. From the hide,
there are always penguins in view. The section of the island's coastline in front of
the hide was the part that was worst impacted by the Treasure oil spill in June
2000. Thousands of oiled penguins were removed from this area over a period of
several weeks as they came ashore oiled and taken to SANCCOB for cleaning. Many
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thousands more clean penguins were captured on their nests in the adjacent colony
and were translocated to Cape Recife, Port Elizabeth, to prevent them from be-
coming oiled.
Robben Island is the subject of the first Bright Continent Guide published
by the Avian Demography Unit. This booklet, by Rob Crawford and Bruce Dyer, pro-
vides a valuable overview of the wildlife of the island. There is also a chapter de-
scribing the seabirds, whales and dolphins you have a good chance of seeing during
the ferry crossing from Cape Town harbour.

Robben Island on the web:
ADU work party to Robben Island on 29-30 November 2000 http://web.uct.ac.za/
depts/stats/adu/robben01.htm
Earthwatch Project: "South African Penguins". See also the diaries of each of the
teams of volunteers http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/robben01.htm
Avian Demography Unit vehicle on Robben Island
Cape Weavers on Robben Island
Helmeted Guineafowl on Robben Island
Birding highlights of 2001 on Robben Island
Birding highlights of 2002 (so far!) on Robben Island

Amateur radio on Robben Island
I found four references to amateur radio operation from Robben Island,
IOTA AF-064. From 26 to 29 January 1996, ZS64RI was active from Robben is-
land—Barry, ZS1FJ, Bud, ZS1B, etc. Then from 22 and 23 August 1996, ZS1ESC/L
were active for the International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend. In April 2003,
ZS1RBN was active from the island. And the last reference is in 2006 and 2007,
Robben Island Lighthouse
when ZS1RBI was active for the International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend.

So for the International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend in August, the ZS6 ra-
dio amateurs can have a look at activating the lighthouses on Dassen Island and
Robben Island!
In the next HF Happenings, I will look at IOTA AF-077 and IOTA AF-079.
African DX
Mozambique, C9. Gerard, ZS6AYU, will be active as C91GR from Bilene between 28
May and 1 June. Activity will be holiday style on CW only using a Cushcraft R7000
vertical and 350 - 400 watts. Operations will between 16:00 – 05:00 UTC. QSL via
ZS6AYU, direct or by the Bureau.
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Ghana, 9G. Hans, PB2T, will be in Accra, Ghana, as part of the team presenting the
Amateur Radio Administrative Course and will be active as 9G5AA as time allows
between 2 and 7 June. QSL via PB2T, also OQRS.

Namibia, V5. Operator Hans, DF2UU, and Hardy, DF3GY, will be active as V55V
from the QTH of Martin, V51W, in Omaruru during the IARU Region 1 SSB Field
Day (7 and 8 September) and the Worked All Europe DX SSB Contest (14 and 15
September). QSL via DJ8VC, by the Bureau or direct. Activity outside of the con-
test will be on 160 - 6 metres using CW and SSB.

Mozambique, C8 (Attention Prefix Hunters!). An international team of operators
will be active as C82DX during mid-October. Operators mentioned are Doug, N1DG,
Tom, N4XP, Jose, CT1EEB, Franz, DJ9ZB, Massimo, I8NHJ, Mike, N6MZ, Dave,
WB4JTT, Charles, W6OAT, Chris, ZS6EZ, Tjerk, ZS6P, and Chris, ZS6RI. Activity
will be on 160 - 10 metres. More details are forthcoming, and a web page is cur-
rently under construction at http://c82dx.com
African Islands
IOTA AF-109. Photos and video are now available online for the recent SU8N Nel-
son's Island and World Lighthouse DXpedition (WLOTA 2694) by the Egyptian Ra-
dio Amateurs Society. A short video on YouTube can be seen at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l600euAOeOw&feature=youtu.be. Visit the ERASD
Facebook page at www.facebook.com/erasdnet/photos_stream. The QSL Manager
is SM5AQD (see QRZ.com).
D4, Cape Verde. Harald, DF2WO, plans another activity as D44TWO from 3 to 20
June. He will be operating HF holiday-style using CW and SSB. QSL via M0OXO
(OQRS). http://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/
DXCC News
E51WL – North Cook Island. Please Note - The operator is a native there, and his
call sign was previously ZK1WL, which was approved for DXCC previously, so this is
just a change in call sign. If anyone had this contact rejected in a recent submis-
sion, send an e-mail to [email protected] for an update to your record.
The Most Travelled Watch in the World
T he watch would visit as many different countries (DXCC Entities) as pos-
sible, being photographed and the record of journey will remain in public
domain. If you intend to visit one or more DXCC entities in the near or
distant future and do not mind taking our watch with you, then we would
be not only grateful, but happy to make a donation toward your DXCC project". For
further information please visit http://clockmaker.com.au/the-most-travelled-
watch-in-the-world.html or e-mail Nick, VK2DX at [email protected]
The P5 Project
P aul, N6PSE, and David, AH6HY, have received visas to visit the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) in June. Plans are to "present and
discuss our proposal for a major DXpedition, involving two teams of twelve
members each to operate consecutively over a thirty day operation" and to
"visit and evaluate possible venues for the DXpedition". The complete announce-
ment is available at www.intrepid-dx.com/p5/news.php
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Contest Calendar
NCCC RTTY Sprint Exchange: Name and state, province or
01:30 - 02:00 UTC 31 May country and organization membership
Mode: RTTY numbers
Bands: (see rules) QSO Points: (see rules)
Classes: (none) Multipliers: (none)
Exchange: (see rules) Score Calculation: Total score = total
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 17 June 2013
Submit logs by: 2 June 2013 E-mail logs to:
E-mail logs to: (none) [email protected]
Post log summary at: Mail logs to: Dan Morris, KZ3T, 131 Va-
www.3830scores.com/ lencia Lane, Statsville, NC 28625, USA
Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.ten-ten.org/
Find rules at: oseason/oseason.html
www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html
DigiFest
NCCC Sprint Ladder 04:00 - 12:00 UTC, 20:00 UTC 1 June
02:30 - 03:00 UTC 31 May to 04:00 UTC 2 June and 12:00 - 20:00
Mode: CW UTC 2 June
This week's contests
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 m Mode: RTTY75, BPSK63, MFSK16,
compiled by Bruce Horn,
Classes: Single Op HELLSCHREIBER, OLIVIA
WA7BNM. The period
covered is 27 May to 2 Max power: 100 watts Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 m
June 2013 Exchange: (see rules) Classes: SOAB, All Modes – 8 or 24 –
Work stations: Once per band low or high; SOAB, Single Mode – 8 or
QSO Points: NA station: 1 point per 24 – low or high; Single Op Single Band,
QSO; non-NA station: 1 point per QSO All Modes – 8 or 24 – low or high; Multi-
with an NA station Op Single Transmitter
Multipliers: Each US state (including Max power: High: 1 000 watts; Low: 100
KL7 and KH6) once per band; Each VE watts
province once per band; Each North Exchange: RST and 4-character grid
American country (except W/VE) once square
per band Work stations: Once per band per mode
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO Points: 1 QSO point per km be-
QSO points x total mults tween stations
Submit logs by: 2 June 2013 Multipliers: Each grid square once
E-mail logs to: (none) Score Calculation: Total score = total
Post log summary at: QSO points x total mults
www.3830scores.com Submit logs by: 9 June 2013
Mail logs to: (none) E-mail logs to:
Find rules at: [email protected]
www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html Upload log at: http://mixw.net/misc/
DigiFest/digifest_log.php
10-10 International Open Season PSK Mail logs to: (none)
Contest Find rules at: http://www.mixw.net/
00:00 UTC 1 June to 24:00 UTC 2 June misc/DigiFest/rulese2013.html
Mode: PSK31
Bands: 10 m Only Wake-Up! QRP Sprint
Classes: Individual; Club; QRP
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06:00 – 06:29 UTC, 06:30 – 06:59 UTC, SEANET Contest
07:00 – 07:29 UTC and 07:30 – 08:00 12:00 UTC 1 June to 12:00 UTC 2 June
UTC 1 June Mode: CW, Phone, RTTY
Mode: CW Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 m
Bands: 40, 20m Classes: Single Op; M/S
Classes: (none) Exchange: RS(T) and serial no
Max power: 5 watts Work stations: Once per band
Exchange: RST and Serial No. and suf- QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
fix of previous QSO ("QRP" for 1st Multipliers: SEANET: Each DXCC coun-
QSO) try once per band; non-SEANET: Each
Work stations: Once per band per pe- SEANET DXCC country once per band
riod Score Calculation: Total score = total
QSO Points: 1 point per km QSO points x total mults
Multipliers: 1 point per new station Submit logs by: 1 July 2013
worked on each band E-mail logs to: [email protected]
Score Calculation: Total score = total Mail logs to: SEANET Contest 2013, 1-1
QSO points x total multiplier points -3-202, Azabudai Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106
Submit logs by: 8 June 2013 -0041, Japan
E-mail logs to: [email protected] Find rules at: http://www5.big.or.jp/
Mail logs to: (none) ~ja1rju/flash_seanet-2013_doc-5.html
Find rules at: http://qrp.ru/contest/
wakeup/333-wakeup-eng IARU Region 1 CW Field Day
15:00 UTC 1 June to 14:59 UTC 2 June
Maritimes QSO Party Mode: CW
12:00 - 24:00 UTC 1 June Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 m
Mode: CW, Phone Classes: (see your national society rules)
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2 m Exchange: RST and serial no
Classes: Fixed Single Op – CW, phone or Submit logs by: 30 June 2013
mixed; Mobile/Rover; Multi-Op E-mail logs to: (see your national society
Exchange: MAR: county; non-MAR: rules)
State, province or country Mail logs to: Your national society
Work stations: Once per band per mode Find rules at: Your national society web
per county site
QSO Points: 1 point per phone QSO; 2
points per CW QSO; Bonus: 100 points RSGB National Field Day
per QSO with VE9MCC, VA1MCC, or 15:00 UTC 1 June to 15:00 UTC 2 June
VY2MCC Mode: CW
Multipliers: MAR: Each state, province, Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 m
DXCC country once per band per mode; Classes: Open; Restricted; Low Power
non-MAR: Each MAR county once per Max operating hours: Open/Restricted:
band per mode 24 hours; Low Power: 12 hours
Score Calculation: Total score = (total Max power: non-LP: 100 watts; LP: 10
QSO points x total mults) and bonus watts
points Exchange: RST and serial no
Submit logs by: 1 July 2013 QSO Points: 2 points per QSO with
E-mail logs to: [email protected] fixed EU stations; 3 points per QSO
Mail logs to: Bruce Wade, 1610 Cow Bay with fixed non-EU stations; 4 points per
Rd., Cow Bay, NS B3G 1L1, Canada QSO with portable/mobile EU stations;
Find rules at: 6 points per QSO with portable/mobile
www.maritimecontestclub.com/
images/2013_MQP_Rules.pdf (Continued on page 10)
Page 10 HF Happenings
(Continued from page 9) Exchange: AL: RS(T) and County; non-
non-EU stations; Double QSO points on AL: RS(T) and state, province or "DX"
160 and 10 m QSO Points: 1 points per phone QSO; 2
Multipliers: (none) points per CW QSO
Score Calculation: Total score = total Multipliers: AL Stations: Each state, VE
QSO points province/territory once per mode; non-
Submit logs by: 18 June 2013 AL Stations: Each AL county once per
Upload log at: mode
www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl Score Calculation: Total score = total
Mail logs to: RSGB G3UFY, 77 Bensham QSO points x total mults
Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey Submit logs by: 1 July 2013
CR7 7AF, England E-mail logs to:
Find rules at: [email protected]
www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2013/ Mail logs to: Jim Johnson, KC4HW,
rnfd.shtml 6274 South Country Road 49, Slocomb,
Al 36375-5528, USA
Alabama QSO Party Find rules at:
16:00 UTC 1 June to 04:00 UTC 2 June www.alabamaqsoparty.org/2013/2013Rul
Mode: CW, SSB es.pdf
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 m
Classes: Single Op - CW, SSB or mixed - RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data
QRP, low or high; M/S - CW, SSB or 19:00 - 20:30 UTC 3 June
mixed - QRP, low or high; M/M - CW, Mode: RTTY, PSK
SSB or mixed - QRP, low or high; Mobile Bands: 80 m Only
Single Op - CW, SSB or mixed - QRP, Classes: (none)
low or high; Mobile Single Op and Driver Exchange: RST and serial no
- CW, SSB or mixed - QRP, low or high; QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Mobile Multi-Op - CW, SSB or mixed - Multipliers: (none)
QRP, low or high; Rover Single Op - CW, Score Calculation: (see rules)
SSB or mixed - QRP, low or high; Rover Submit logs by: 23:59 UTC 10 June
M/S - CW, SSB or mixed - QRP, low or 2013
high; Rover M/M - CW, SSB or mixed - Upload log at: http://www.vhfcc.org/cgi
QRP, low or high -bin/hfenter.pl
Max power: HP: >150 watts; LP: 150 Mail logs to: (none)
watts; QRP: 5 watts Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/
hf/rules/2013/r80mcc.shtml
Next Week’s Contest
ARS Spartan Sprint, 01:00 - 03:00 UTC 4 June
NCCC Sprint Ladder, 02:30 - 03:00 UTC 7 June
HA3NS Sprint Memorial Contest, 17:30 - 18:00 UTC (40 m) and 18:00 - 18:30 UTC
7 June (80 m)
DRCG Long Distance RTTY Contest, 00:00 – 07:59 UTC, 16:00 - 23:59 UTC 8 June
and 08:00 – 15:59 UTC 9 June
VK Shires Contest, 06:00 UTC 8 June to 06:00 UTC 9 June
Asia-Pacific Sprint, SSB, 11:00 - 13:00 UTC 8 June
SKCC Weekend Sprintathon, 12:00 UTC 8 June to 24:00 UTC 9 June
Portugal Day Contest, 12:00 UTC 8 June to 11:59 UTC 9 June
GACW WWSA CW DX Contest, 15:00 UTC 8 June to 15:00 UTC 9 June
REF DDFM 6m Contest, 16:00 UTC 8 June to 16:00 UTC 9 June
ARRL June VHF Contest, 18:00 UTC 8 June to 02:59 UTC 10 June